About watching The Price Is Right taping……
The light skinned African-American fellow, who was chosen and seated behind P**** and I, was SO excited when his name was called he actually almost hurt himself trying to get to ‘contestant’s row’. (The back of his shirt read, ‘SHUT UP and Fish!’). We were in his shot AND in the shot with the guy who did the summersault on the way down to ‘contestant’s row’. I watched it with my father and pointed out things like, “See, now I kept shouting the right price and she still picked THAT one!” AND “Oh, I was shouting for him to pick that number….and we were both wrong!” Finally, my father said, “I’m almost SURE that they tape these shows so that we can watch and see what happens as the show unfolds rather than sending everyone a letter- or YOU- prior to the airing TELLING us who won or who lost before the dang show comes on!” (WELL!!!)
He kind of smiled when he saw P**** and I in the audience and said, “Look at those two! They’ll let anyone in, won’t they?!?” I corrected him saying, “NOT without proper Photo ID!”
I called P****, at the bank, after the show. The woman who answered the phone said, “WE saw you on The Price Is Right, today!”
In keeping with our nicknames, when I spoke with P**** I said, “Hey, 4!” She just giggled and said “How ya doin’ 5?!”(That’s the order in which we arrived at the CBS studio the day of taping and when they wrote ‘4 / 5’ on our printed tickets, then handed them back and then said, ‘just return in one hour, please!’ When we asked about if the numbers were significant for where we were in the audience arrival, they indicated that was exactly what they represented. And one of the pages in the red blazers said, pointing to P****, “You are FOUR.” Then, turned to me saying, “And, you are FIVE.” We asked them if they knew of any nearby coffee shops and one of the pages pointed across Fairfax to a bagel place. I said to P****, “You want to get some coffee, FOUR?” She giggled and said, “I’m right behind you, FIVE!”)
I was REALLY surprised by the number of people who tuned in and called to say, “I saw you in the audience on The Price Is Right!” It reminded me of the wonderful time we had.
I MUST say, I can’t EVEN begin to tell you how much I have been missing our talks on this board!!! The other board has features that I like but our little ‘community’ is all gone! I just hate that!
I have missed you SO badly! There are people on the other board who could benefit from YOUR thoughtful insights, reflections and observations! When I’m over there reading the Self Matters Board I often think to myself, ‘This person needs a Ritehere Response!’
I’ve also been wondering about how your son is doing, these days.
It’s SO good to hear from you!!!
Brenda
